4. Honesty, Pardon, and Peace Psalm 32:5-6

Text:“For He (the Lord) saith to Moses, I will have
mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have
compassion.So then (a conclusion) it is
not of him that willeth (the human will/decisions), nor of him that runneth
(physical effort), but of God that showeth mercy.”

Romans 9:15-16.

Good morning, God-pardoned
Christian!If the good Lord God Jehovah,
through the full Atonement Sacrifice of His dear Son, Christ Jesus, had not
chosen to save you and I - we would never ever have been saved.Fact.The natural man receives not the things of God, for they are Spiritually
discerned.This is God’s Word on the
matter.He has mercy on whoever He sees
fit to have mercy, and He shows compassion to whom He sees fit to show His
compassion - if He chooses not to show that mercy and compassion on any
given soul, that soul is utterly LOST.

Praise God He has shown mercy
and compassion on you and on me, Christian friend - according to His Sovereign
grace alone, we are forgiven, saved, and Eternally secure in Christ Jesus.Hallelujah!‘Salvation is of the Lord!’(Jonah 2:9)God alone is
God!He does exactly whatever He desires
to do with all that He has freely Created, and all that He has permitted to be
born of woman.Who can tell God that He
is wrong, or correct Him, or challenge His Sovereign choice?No one!God alone is God.

“But our God is in the
Heavens: He hath done whatsoever He hath pleased.”(Psalm 115:3)

“That in the dispensation of
the fullness of times He (God) might gather together in One (Christ Jesus) all
things in Christ, both which are in Heaven (saved souls who have died?), and
which are on earth (saved souls still alive?); even in Him: In Whom we have
obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of Him
Who worketh all things after the counsel of His Own will: that we should be to
the praise of His glory, who first trusted in Christ.In Whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard
the Word of truth, the Gospel of your Salvation; in Whom also after that ye
believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise.”(Ephesians 1:10-13)

The Lord God Almighty saves
only the souls that He Himself has chosen to save.

Honesty:Those whom the Lord chooses to save, are
granted His gift of genuine faith to believe/trust in His Word; to trust in the
Living Word, Christ Jesus, and in His Sacrifice for our sin at Calvary’s
Cross.When, in time, we do so, the Lord
grants us honesty, self-honesty, to see and admit our sin against
Him and repent (turn away from sin and turn to Christ).

Pardon:Full pardon from all the penalty
of all our sins is the Lord God’s free gift to all ’His people’ whom He has
granted faith to believe/trust in the Living Sacrifice of His Own dear Son,
Jesus Christ.All our sins - past,
present, and future sins - have been placed upon the sinless Christ Jesus, and
He has suffered the penalty for all these sins upon that cruel Cross over two
thousand years ago at a place called Calvary.

Peace:Christ’s Holy Sacrifice, having been fully
accepted by God as a redemption price for our sins, results in true peace
between the Lord God and those saved from sin, and allows us true fellowship with our Holy Lord
God.What an Eternal Friend we have in
Jesus!Glory to His Holy and Merciful
Name!

“Therefore being justified
(just-as-if-I’d-never-sinned) by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord
Jesus Christ.”(Romans 5:1)

“At the Cross, at the Cross,
where I first saw the Light, and the burden of my heart rolled away…It was
there, by faith, I received my sight, and now I am happy all the day.”(Isaac Watts 1674-1748, Chorus by Ralph E.
Hudson 1843-1901)

Verse 5.“I said, I will confess my transgressions
unto the Lord; and Thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin.With men, a free confession
makes way for a condemnation; but with God, the more a sinner bemoans his
offence the more he extenuates the anger of his Judge.Sin cannot but call for justice, as it
is an offence against God; yet, when once ‘tis a wound to the soul, it
moveth Him to mercy and clemency.”(Isaac Craven’s Sermon at Paul’s Cross, 1630)

“This sin seems very probably
to have been his adultery with Bathsheba and murder of Uriah.”(William Gurnall 1617-1679)

Psalm 51: records David’s
honest Psalm of confession to God; repentance from his gross sins; his seeking
God’s forgiveness and cleansing; and assurance that his cry of repentance has
been heard and answered by God.Praise
God it was so!It shows a clear pattern
for you and I that we too might repent from sins committed AFTER we were chosen
for Salvation; and receive full restoration to fellowship with the Lord
God.Progressive sanctification is a
cleansing from sin that must be sought daily by all those who have been called
by God the Holy Spirit to receive Salvation.(1 John 1:6-10)

Thought:“Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of
mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; forbearing one
another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even
as Christ forgave you, so also do ye…And let the peace of God rule in your
hearts, to the which also ye are called in one Body; and be ye thankful.”(Colossians 3:12-15)

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Author:

Dr. C.K. McClinton Ph.D.

BA (Hons) MA: PhD; D. Litt.

Pastor of

Ulster/American Christian Fellowship Ministry

Northern Ireland (Ulster) UK

KENNY McCLINTON was one of the most feared men in Northern Ireland (Ulster). His years of terrorist activity culminated in two life sentences for murder and other acts of terrorist violence. He had become a thorn in the side of the authorities. Even in prison he could not be tamed and found himself in solitary confinement punishment cells fifteen times within one nine month period.